#AE801D#AE801D

#AE801D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.121 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE801D
RGB	rgb(174, 128, 29)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 83.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 9.07, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 56.48, 80.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0189 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.121 81)
XYZ	xyz(25.3983, 24.5277, 4.5588)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE801D #1D4BAE

analogous

#AE381D #AE801D #93AE1D

triadic

#AE801D #1DAE80 #801DAE

tetradic

#AE801D #1DAE38 #1D4BAE #AE1D93

square

#AE801D #1DAE38 #1D4BAE #AE1D93

split-complementary

#AE801D #1D93AE #381DAE

monochromatic

#45330C #7A5914 #AE801D #DCA42C #E5BB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AE801D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#AE801D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE801D

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE801D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE801D	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae801d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 128, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.121 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba463',
    500: '#ae801d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae801d;
$custom-light: #cba463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae801d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.966,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6293,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.24526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE801D

secondary

#5E80C9

accent

#73EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE801D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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